5 killed, 5 injured in Afghanistan after attack by Pakistani forces

The Friendship Gate in Spin Boldak in Kandhar Province

This photo taken on Dec. 6, 2025 shows a damaged Friendship Gate in the border town of Spin Boldak in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan.

Five people were killed and five others sustained injuries due to an attack by Pakistani Forces on Afghan forces in the border town of Spin Boldak in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, Spin Boldak district chief Mawlawi Abdul Karim Jihadyar said Saturday.

The clash, according to the official, erupted on Friday night after the Pakistan border forces opened fire on the Afghan side and the Afghan forces responded, which lasted around two and a half hours.

Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Friday night that “the Pakistani side once again launched an attack on Afghanistan in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak district, which compelled the forces of the Islamic Emirate to respond.”

The Afghan Ministry of National Defense has yet to comment.

Border clashes between the two neighboring countries left scores of casualties from both sides in October. Both sides had agreed on a ceasefire brokered by self styled Khalifa Erdogan of Türkiye and Qatar in Doha on Oct. 19 but has failed to last not even 50 days